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Sir Pherozeshah Mehta portrait at Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha).
Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, KCIE (August 4, 1845 - November 5, 1915) was an Parsi Indian political leader, activist, and a leading lawyer, who was knighted by then British Government in India for his service to the law. His political ideology was, as was the case with most of the Indian leaders of his time, moderate and was hence not directly opposed to the crown's sovereignty but only demanded more autonomy for Indians to self-rule.
He became the Municipal commissioner of Bombay Municipality in 1873 and its President four times - 1884, 1885, 1905 and 1911.[1]
He was chosen the president of Indian National Congress in 1890.
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• 1 Early life
• 2 Political and social activities
• 3 Legacy
• 4 Books and References to Pherozeshah Mehta
• 5 References
• 6 See also
• 7 External links

[edit] Early life


Sir Pherozeshah Mehta
Pherozshah Merwanjee Mehta was born on the 4th August 1845 in Bombay, to a Parsi business family.
Graduating from the Elphinstone College in 1864 he passed the M.A. examination, with honors, six months later, being the first Parsi to have obtained a Master's degree from the University of Mumbai. He later went to England to study law at Oxford University.
In 1868 he returned to India and was admitted to the bar, and soon established a practice for himself in a profession which was till then dominated by British lawyers.
It was during a legal defence of Arthur Crawford he pointed out the need for reforms in the Bombay municipal government, and later he drafted the Bombay Municipal Act of 1872,[2] and is thus considered the father of Bombay Municipality.[3]
Eventually, Sir Pherozeshah Mehta left his law practice to join politics.
[edit] Political and social activities
When the Bombay Presidency Association was established in 1885, Pherozeshah Mehta became its president, and remained so for the rest of his years.[4] He encouraged Indians to obtain...